Thou know'st not what is good for thee,
But God doth know--
Let Him thy strong reliance be,
And rest thee so.

C.F. Gellert

Meet Nyokki

This is my new little friend who watches me write papers and read. Faithfully he sits on my computer desk...Occasionaly he is turned to overlook the Jo-Bowl and receive some sun time. To J.V.'s disgust, he has sprouted hair and it is growing quite nicely. Nyokki is quite happy and told me himself that others should be green with envy over his happy circumstances...Wow, the stress of the semester is really setting in.

Junk Food, Anyone?

For Dr. Brand's Religion in the Public Square class, we are required to write short articles every week. I think I had too much fun with this one:

I discovered a rather amusing article at the all-time resourceful www.cbsnews.com. This past week, President Clinton has formed a deal with schools who want to participate in his endeavor to remove junk food and instead replace the fat grams with healthy food. The article states, “The companies, Kraft Foods Inc., Mars Inc., Campbell Soup Co., Dannon and PepsiCo Inc., agreed to instead begin promoting snacks that meet new nutrition guidelines backed by the American Heart Association.” It goes on to say, “Fatty, calorie-ladden candy bars, extra-salty soups and anything with trans-fatty acids will be out. Low-fat chips (baked, not fried) and low-sugar yogurts will be in.” This means the all-time favorite Snickers bar might have to wave a goodbye to its pudgy consumer.

Though this article originally struck me as funny by holding a resemblance to a waste of time, it in turn made me ponder the situation with children, schooling, and the problem of obesity. During the era of Leave it to Beaver, Beaver knew the effects of eating too many chocolates and Mrs. Cleaver was seen being distressed over his not consuming the tomato she packed in his lunchbox. This draws the attention of a time when children were “packed” healthy lunches and taught the importance from their parents on eating healthy. In a family situation that can at times resemble something far from a Cleaver family, the Christian foundation for familes can be seen as quickly sliding from morals and family life.

This leaves a crisis in which parents are not taking time for family, with certainly no importance being placed on the simple facts such as eating healthy and saying no to every candy bar that beams through a vending machine door! Though at times something such as the government issuing health in the junk food industry can seem a bit trivial, it also reflects something bigger in the vending machine of morals and the characteristics behind a Biblical concept of family.

The source for this article can be found at.

Confucius was My Father

This past week I have been reading Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy. With my perceptive, deep thoughts I possess concerning philosophy, here a few quotes from the book that I enjoyed...

"...He's suffering from lethargy, a disease common in abused minds. He has forgotten himself for a time, but he'll remember easily enough, since he knows us once before. And so that he can remember, let us just wipe his eyes for a time, eyes clouded with the cataracts of the human world."

"And so it is no your nature that makes you seem beautiful, but only the weakness of the eyes of those who look upon you. Go ahead, mortals, reckon the goods of the body as highly as you like, so long as you realize that this little something that you admire can be done away with by the paltry flame of a three-day fever."

"...Are you playing with me, weaving with your arguements a labyrinth from which I cannot find the path that leads out?"

Find of the Day

One can observe Duncan trampling around campus for a view of the night sky with flashlight and map in hand because of this.

You Know You're Tired When....

You're going to Blockbuster and all you want to rent is SpongeBob

You forget the name of the dog you're watching for the week

You drive past Church Saturday night and the thought crosses your mind that since you already have clothes, etc. in your car, perhaps you could just sleep in the parking lot tonight and get extra sleep by not having to drive back in the morning

You can't remember the word for "sink" and instead call it a "drain thingy"

You have to read the directions for cleaning supplies 5 times before it registers that all you do is spray and wipe

You can't remember if it's Monday or Tuesday....

You see a wee mouse in the middle of the road on Shelbyville and say a prayer that it won't get hit by a car

With these facts in mind, I welcome a restfull Fall Break with open arms....